Discover what your DNA says abouthow well you’re aging.

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Introducing A simple genetic test that reveals your cellular age

TeloYears™ is a simple genetic test that reveals the cellular age encoded in your DNA so you can know how well you're aging.

Now available from the company founded by the winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Medicine, TeloYears measures the length of your telomeres, the protective caps on the ends of your DNA strands that tend to shorten and fray with age, so you can:

Discover your cellular age based on your telomere length.

Compare your result to others your age and gender.

Use it as inspiration to improve and track your lifestyle & fitness.

Just feel good knowing you’ve taken a proactive step to gain self-knowledge.

Your cells might be aging faster than you are, and new tests purport to help
you find out.

Wall Street Journal

Users mail in a drop of blood and get back a calculation of their age in “TeloYears,” adjusted up or down depending on how they compare with the general population. The service also provides advice for improving diet, fitness, sleep and stress levels, which some small studies suggest may help telomeres regain length.

Fox

Simply put, knowing the length of your telomeres could form part of managing
a healthy ageing process.

Front Line

The company seems to extend the NASA investigation to the common people to provide a simple and accessible personalized therapy to them for healthy aging.

MedGenera

Unusually short telomeres may be a sign of illness, and Dr. Blackburn, who shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in medicine for her work on telomeres (TEEL-o-meers), thinks measuring them could give doctors and patients a chance to intervene early and maybe even prevent disease.

New York Times

Your cells might be aging faster than you are, and new tests purport to help
you find out.

Wall Street Journal

Users mail in a drop of blood and get back a calculation of their age in “TeloYears,” adjusted up or down depending on how they compare with the general population. The service also provides advice for improving diet, fitness, sleep and stress levels, which some small studies suggest may help telomeres regain length.

Fox

Simply put, knowing the length of your telomeres could form part of managing
a healthy ageing process.

Front Line

The company seems to extend the NASA investigation to the common people to provide a simple and accessible personalized therapy to them for healthy aging.

MedGenera

Unusually short telomeres may be a sign of illness, and Dr. Blackburn, who shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in medicine for her work on telomeres (TEEL-o-meers), thinks measuring them could give doctors and patients a chance to intervene early and maybe even prevent disease.

Watch the video to learn more about TeloYears

Nobel Prize in Medicine, 2009

The 2009 Nobel Prize in Medicine for breakthrough discoveries in Telomere Biology was awarded to one of Telomere Diagnostics’ founders. Using the award as a springboard, the company was formed with the vision of making telomere testing widely accessible.

Your Telomeres are Important

Your age in TeloYears is based on the length of your telomeres, the protective caps on the ends of your DNA strands that tend to shorten and fray with age. Your telomere length matters because every time your cells divide, a tiny bit of your telomeres are used up as they do their job to allow cells to reproduce without damaging your genetic information. Years of clinical data support the link between telomeres and the aging process and many studies have been published on the role of telomere length in numerous age-related diseases. To know how well you're aging, you can now use TeloYears to look to the level of your DNA to track how much capacity your cells have left to thrive.

Telomeres are the protective caps on the ends of your chromosomes that tend to shorten and fray with age. There is a large and growing body of scientific evidence showing that shorter telomeres are associated with many age-related diseases and mortality in general.

Lifestyle, genetic, environmental, and other factors can affect your average telomere length, which makes it a good overall measure of your health and longevity. Knowing your telomere length gives you a uniquely integrated view of these factors and allows you to set a baseline for proactive improvement.

How it works

Collect a single drop of blood at home or at your doctor's office and mail it back to us in the pre-paid envelope. We process your results at our CLIA-certified lab in Silicon Valley using our own proprietary qPCR assay. Receive your TeloYears Test Report plus your personalized binder with tips for improving your health and longevity. in the mail in 2-3 weeks.

Kristin Age: 35 | Actual TeloYears customer

“I was extremely interested to learn about my age in TeloYears. The test was super easy to perform and the results were simple to understand. I really appreciated the information included in the results - it helped me to understand what the research says about lifestyle factors and telomere length. I look forward to testing yearly with TeloYears.”

Donna Actual TeloYears customer

“As a 21 year retired veteran of the U.S. Army currently studying as a Family Nurse Practitioner, I was pleasantly surprised when my healthy lifestyle was reflected in my age in TeloYears. The Blueprint for Healthy Aging provided as part of my results package is based on reliable, peer reviewed literature that enabled me to do my own research to validate the science.”

Jeff Actual TeloYears customer

“I would recommend the TeloYears DNA test to friends who have inquiring minds. I found the experience valuable because it gives new information about how your body works that you couldn't have known a few years ago.”

Robin Actual TeloYears customer

“Taking the TeloYears test was a lot easier than I thought. The directions were so easy and it was painless. The finger stick method is so much easier than a blood draw!

I honestly thought I was going to be younger in TeloYears, but I discovered that I’m three years older than my actual age. I’m glad I took the test as I now have some serious motivation to change some things that I am doing. I look forward to being able to take the test again to see if I can improve my results.”

Randi Actual TeloYears customer

“I decided to take TeloYears because I’m fascinated with my "internal age" as I proactively do everything I can to lead a healthy lifestyle. I thought that the TeloYears results were really easy to understand and relate to. I was happy with my results but am still aiming to up my game to see if I can get a lower age in TeloYears the next time I test.”

The TeloYears test is not intended for screening, diagnosing, treating or preventing diseases or medical conditions. The TeloYears genetic test may indicate the possibility of identifying a rare telomere syndrome associated with extremely shorter or longer average telomere length (ATL). In these rare cases, further testing and consultation with a doctor to rule in or rule out a telomere syndrome is recommended. The test is available for individuals between the ages of 20 to 80 within the United States, except for the state of New York. The information provided by the TeloYears test should not be used to replace medically appropriate screening tests recommended based upon actual age or other risk factors, nor should the information be used to make decisions about diagnosis or treatment of diseases or medical conditions. The Telomere Diagnostics lab is regulated under the Clinical Laboratory improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) as qualified to perform high complexity clinical testing. The performance characteristics of this test were determined by Telomere Diagnostics. It has not been cleared or approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.